Experience Tanzania in luxury style!
This trip offers a real sense of “out of Africa” in remote parts of Northern Tanzania with a chance to witness the Serengeti Wildebeest Migration crossing the Mara River and game drives in the famous Ngorongoro Crater. Evenings are spent relaxing at top-notch luxury tented camps and lodges in the African bush.

Day

Itinerary

Activities

Accommodation

Meals

1

Arrival Day

Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha

Arusha Coffee Lodge

2

Arusha to Tarangire

Game Drives

Sanctuary Swala

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

3

Tarangire National Park

Game Drives

Sanctuary Swala

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

4

Tarangire to Ngorongoro Crater rim

Game Drive, Transfer

andBeyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

5

Ngorongoro Crater

Game Drive

andBeyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

6

Ngorongoro to Serengeti

Game Drives

Four Seasons Safari Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

7

Central Serengeti

Game Drives

Four Seasons Safari Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

8

Serengeti: Central to North

Game Drives

Sayari Camp

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

9

Serengeti North – Mara River

Game Drives

Sayari Camp

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

10

Serengeti North – Mara River

Optional Balloon Safari, Game Drives

Sayari Camp

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

11

Serengeti to Arusha

Game Drive, Flight

Arusha Coffee Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch

12

Arusha to Kilimanjaro Airport

Optional Arusha town tour

Breakfast

Day 1

Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha
You will be welcomed on arrival and transferred to Arusha for relaxation and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Arusha Coffee Lodge – Plantation Suite
Meals included: N/A

Day 2

Arusha to Tarangire
Depart very early in the morning with your expert guide to start your Tanzania safari!

The landscape and vegetation at Tarangire is incredibly diverse with a mix that is not found anywhere else in the northern safari circuit. The hilly landscape is dotted with vast numbers of Baobab trees, dense bush and high grasses. Located in a remote corner of Tarangire National Park, in total seclusion amongst giant acacia trees, Sanctuary Swala offers a very exclusive safari experience. The picturesque landscape is filled with ancient baobab trees, ambling elephants and birds in flight. Built to the highest eco-friendly standards, this camp is the highest rated camp in the area.
Accommodation: Sanctuary Swala
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3

Full Day at Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park is probably one of the least visited of the northern Tanzanian game parks, and retains a real air of undiscovered Africa, particularly in the south of the park. Just two hours drive away from Arusha. It lies a little distance to the south east of Lake Manyara and covers an area of approximately 2,850 square kilometers. It is named after the Tarangire River that flows through the park. The swamps, tinged green year round, are the focus for 550 bird varieties, the largest number of species in one habitat anywhere in the world; on drier ground, the Kori bustard – the heaviest flying bird – can be found.

Spend your day at Tarangire amongst mighty baobabs and elephants, before retreating to your Camp for relaxation and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Swala
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4

Tarangire to Ngorongoro Crater rim
Spend your morning doing game drives in a remote part of the Tarangire National Park. After a relaxing lunch, transfer to Ngorongoro Crater rim for views of a breathtaking sunset over the ancient caldera. The world-famous Ngorongoro Crater is at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in Northern Tanzania. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera of the once-volcanic Ngorongoro shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on Earth, ringed with towering walls and highland forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake.
Known as the “Eighth Wonder of the World”, the Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa’s most well-known wildlife arenas. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Ngorongoro Crater offers a unique biosphere which has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. Enjoy watching the breathtaking African sunset over the Ngorongoro Crater rim in the com-forts of your Lodge. Indulge in opulence at this Gem where Versailles meets Maasai!

Day 5

Ngorongoro Crater
Rise very early in the morning to descend into the crater floor and catch up with the early risers! A massive extinct volcano, the sheet walls of Ngorongoro Crater drop 600 metres to a “Noah’s Ark” of animals on the verdant floor below. Large herds of zebras, buffalo, antelopes and wilde-beest graze while lions laze in the sun. Descend into the crater floor at the break of dawn for a chance to see the endangered black rhino rise from the dew-laden grass in the morning mist.

Day 6

Ngorongoro to Serengeti
There is no bad time to visit the Serengeti as every season has its own special highlight – even the rainy season has the daily thunder and lightning to look forward to. Changing seasons and light patterns form the most beautiful backdrop to view Africa’s majestic and incredible wildlife.

The Four Seasons Serengeti Safari Lodge is located deep within Africa’s finest national park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that comprises 1.5 ha of savannah. It’s home to the big five – lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and buffaloes – but also to hundreds of colorful and lesser-known species such as lilac-breasted rollers, intricately marbled Charaxes butterflies and umbrella thorn acacia trees.

Enjoy the facilities that your luxury lodge has to offer, such as the free-form infinity pool overlooking the watering hole and Serengeti plains, where elephants come to drink from time to time.
Accommodation: Four Seasons Serengeti Safari Lodge – Savannah Room
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7

Full Day in Central Serengeti
You can visit the hippo pool in Central Serengeti, and relax at your luxury lodge during the midday hours, before heading out for an afternoon game drive!
Accommodation: Four Seasons Serengeti Safari Lodge – Savannah Room
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinn

Day 8

Central to Northern Serengeti: Great Wildebeest Migration
Early morning breakfast then depart for full day game drives at the northern Serengeti near the Tanzania and Kenya border.
Many visitors only want to see the river crossings but the true spectacle of the migration is more than 1,245,000 wildebeests, 200,000 Burchell’s zebras, 18,000 elands and 500,000 Thomson’s Gazelles filling the entire stretch of landscape. The shifting columns of the herds as they traverse the valleys and the hills can only be watched in awe. There is nothing else like this on earth.

Accommodation: Sayari Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 9

Full day in Mara River area
Early morning breakfast and then depart for game drives in Northern Serengeti with your expert guide.

Wildebeest Migration – July to October:
This is the long dry season and the wildebeest migration is moving north with the thundershowers. July, August and September are the months when wildebeest herds cross the crocodile-infested Mara River to reach the Masai Mara. And this provides for some amazing wildlife viewing.
Hundreds of thousands of wildebeest can congregate at crossing points: all crossing in a single continuous wave of beasts. And all this while tooth and claw are waiting around the sides to pick off the weak and the careless.

Enjoy a full day of game drives before proceeding to your camp for relaxation and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Sayari Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10

Full day in Mara River Area
Rise early in the morning to catch up with the early risers. You can go for an optional hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti plains. (Extra fees apply.) Or, go for a morning drive for an amazing game viewing experience.
There is no bad time to visit the Serengeti as every season has its own special highlight – even the rainy season has the daily thunder and lightning to look forward to. Changing seasons and light patterns form the most beautiful backdrop to view Africa’s majestic and incredible wildlife.

Besides the amazing wildlife in Kogatende, another very positive feature is that there are very few lodges and camps here so all the viewing can happen with few others around.
Enjoy game drives with your expert guide then return to your camp for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Sayari Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 11

Serengeti to Arusha
Enjoy the last day of your luxury Tanzania safari, before flying out from the Kogatende Airstrip to your Arusha lodge located amongst lush coffee plantations for relaxation and overnight stay.

Day 12

Arusha to Kilimanjaro Airport
Enjoy your morning at leisure. You can go for an optional Arusha town tour to visit the Cultural Heritage gallery, curio shops, the Tanzanite Experience, before transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for your departure flight.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals included: Breakfast

You can start on any date you choose.

Price:
US$13,200 per person, based on 2 people sharing

N.B.
(1) Prices shown are based on double occupancy. Single supplement applies.
(2) Prices are valid for travel between July to October 2018.
(3) Accommodation suggested are subject to availability. Please email us to inquire.